{"id":7478,"date":"2004-04-16T09:08:24","date_gmt":"2004-04-16T09:08:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/viamedia\/2004\/04\/catholic_hospitals_and_living_wills.html"},"modified":"2004-04-16T09:08:24","modified_gmt":"2004-04-16T09:08:24","slug":"catholic_hospitals_and_living_wills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/viamedia\/2004\/04\/catholic_hospitals_and_living_wills.html","title":{"rendered":"Catholic Hospitals and Living Wills"},"content":{"rendered":"

Reassuring Patients:<\/a><\/p>\n

\nThe pope’s remarks came during a Vatican (news – web sites) symposium on caring for people who are incapacitated. They are significant but do not carry the weight of an encyclical \u2014 the Vatican’s most authoritative level of teaching, reserved for matters of extreme importance to the church. <\/p>\n

\n“We have to figure out more specifically what he meant and the implications. I think it’s too soon to tell; there are a lot of filters to go through,” said Dan Dwyer, director of ethics for the Springfield, Mo.-based St. John’s Health System, which includes a half-dozen regional hospitals. <\/p>\n

\nIn noting that the health system would continue following the ERDs, Dwyer said “we don’t want to tell a physician not to practice medicine.” <\/p>\n

\n“Our intention is to provide care and comfort, not to put someone to death quicker because they’re suffering,” he said. “If there’s a vague or gray zone, we always favor providing nutrition and hydration. It’s recognized as a very special form of care.” <\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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